Dutch Hand Back Control of Chinese-Owned Chipmaker Nexperia (bloomberg.com)
(Wednesday November 19, 2025 @05:45PM (BeauHD)
from the de-escalated dept.)
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- News link: https://slashdot.org/story/25/11/19/225253/dutch-hand-back-control-of-chinese-owned-chipmaker-nexperia
- Source link: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-11-19/dutch-hand-back-control-of-chinese-owned-chipmaker-nexperia
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Bloomberg:
> The Dutch government suspended its powers over chipmaker Nexperia, [1]restoring control to its Chinese owner (paywalled; [2]alternative source ) and defusing [3]a standoff with Beijing that had begun to hamper automotive production around the world. The order that gave the Netherlands powers to block or revise decisions at Nexperia was dropped as "a show of goodwill," Economic Affairs Minister Vincent Karremans said Wednesday in a post on social media site X.
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> Bloomberg had reported earlier this month that the Netherlands was prepared to [4]take the step if chip deliveries from the company's site in China could be confirmed. The move marks a significant de-escalation of a dispute that underscored the global nature of supply chains and highlighted Beijing's growing leverage. Even though Nexperia's chips aren't advanced and the company only operates one facility in China, the spat disrupted automakers from Honda Motor Co. to Volkswagen AG.
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> The reversal by the Dutch government was set in motion after a breakthrough in talks earlier that involved Chinese and Dutch officials, with input from Germany, the European Union as well as the US. To help resolve the stalemate, Beijing agreed to loosen export restrictions from Nexperia's Chinese plant, the largest of its kind in the world. The Dutch economic affairs ministry sent a delegation to Beijing this week to negotiate a "mutually agreeable solution," according to a ministry statement.
[1] https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-11-19/dutch-hand-back-control-of-chinese-owned-chipmaker-nexperia
[2] https://archive.ph/20251119085617/https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-11-19/dutch-hand-back-control-of-chinese-owned-chipmaker-nexperia
[3] https://yro.slashdot.org/story/25/10/13/2121258/dutch-government-takes-control-of-china-owned-chipmaker-nexperia
[4] https://slashdot.org/story/25/11/07/1227231/dutch-ready-to-drop-nexperia-control-if-chip-supply-resumes
> The Dutch government suspended its powers over chipmaker Nexperia, [1]restoring control to its Chinese owner (paywalled; [2]alternative source ) and defusing [3]a standoff with Beijing that had begun to hamper automotive production around the world. The order that gave the Netherlands powers to block or revise decisions at Nexperia was dropped as "a show of goodwill," Economic Affairs Minister Vincent Karremans said Wednesday in a post on social media site X.
>
> Bloomberg had reported earlier this month that the Netherlands was prepared to [4]take the step if chip deliveries from the company's site in China could be confirmed. The move marks a significant de-escalation of a dispute that underscored the global nature of supply chains and highlighted Beijing's growing leverage. Even though Nexperia's chips aren't advanced and the company only operates one facility in China, the spat disrupted automakers from Honda Motor Co. to Volkswagen AG.
>
> The reversal by the Dutch government was set in motion after a breakthrough in talks earlier that involved Chinese and Dutch officials, with input from Germany, the European Union as well as the US. To help resolve the stalemate, Beijing agreed to loosen export restrictions from Nexperia's Chinese plant, the largest of its kind in the world. The Dutch economic affairs ministry sent a delegation to Beijing this week to negotiate a "mutually agreeable solution," according to a ministry statement.
[1] https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-11-19/dutch-hand-back-control-of-chinese-owned-chipmaker-nexperia
[2] https://archive.ph/20251119085617/https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-11-19/dutch-hand-back-control-of-chinese-owned-chipmaker-nexperia
[3] https://yro.slashdot.org/story/25/10/13/2121258/dutch-government-takes-control-of-china-owned-chipmaker-nexperia
[4] https://slashdot.org/story/25/11/07/1227231/dutch-ready-to-drop-nexperia-control-if-chip-supply-resumes
hard to tell who's winning (Score:2)
This whole story is weird from many perspectives. On one hand, what do you expect if you sell out to some Chinese rich party? Then the Dutch state gets their panties into a collective knot, they take over the company, and some judge actually puts the CEO on non active.
Official Dutch media reporting (use your favorite translation engine if you don't read Dutch): [1]https://nos.nl/artikel/2591178... [nos.nl]
[1] https://nos.nl/artikel/2591178-opschorting-maatregel-nexperia-is-nog-geen-permanente-oplossing